2.9.0 Release Notes

August 21, 2026

Features

  • Verify Privilege Vault Remote now supports Session Connector-based launchers on MacOS.

  • Verify Privilege Vault Remote now supports Kerberos authentication.

  • Verify Privilege Vault Remote now supports Arm64 processors on MacOS.

Improvements

  • Improved the bulk launch experience for secrets that require ticket-based approval. Bulk launch of MFA-protected secrets is not yet supported. [696555]

  • Users are now notified with a "Vault access token expired" dialog when their RDP session is disconnected due to a web services session timeout. [669403]

  • Verify Privilege Vault Remote now hardens credential security by ensuring passwords and sensitive data are no longer exposed as plain text in memory dumps.

Windows Specific

  • Improved the RDP Proxy Site dialog window selection for Proxy Site on Windows. [689490]

  • Improved INFO level event logging. Sessions cancelled by the user are not logged as errors with full stack trace. [687701]

  • Administrators can pre-seed trusted SSH host fingerprints so that end users are not prompted to accept an unknown host key. See Pre-Trusting SSH Host Fingerprints for more information. [723914]

  • Administrators can pre-approve or explicitly deny Verify Privilege Vault URLs for the external launcher so that end users are not shown the URL approval dialog. See Pre-Approving Verify Privilege Vault URLs for more information.

  • Verify Privilege Vault Remote now supports copying and pasting files within RDP sessions on Windows. [684814]

MacOS Specific

  • Customer can launch non-proxied RDP sessions on MacOS using AD accounts. [633747]

Fixed Issues

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3 would fail to launch and freeze after authentication. [730606]

Windows Specific

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote would display a "Invalid Window handle" error message. [704230]

  • Fixed an issue where session recording produced a blank/black screen when launching complex batch file launchers through Verify Privilege Vault Remote. [707153]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote displayed a "The method or operation is not implemented" error when launching an RDP session using a "Map Secret" credential. [717855]

  • Fixed an issue where session recording would fail with a "Process is not suitable for session recording" error. [721144]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote displayed a "Not enough quota is available to process this command" error when reconnecting an RDP session. [722872]

MacOS Specific

  • Fixed instability issues when connecting with RDP on Verify Privilege Vault Remote versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3. [729266]

  • Fixed an issue where mapped proxy RDP connections would close when pressing Ctrl + C & Command + C multiple times. [702256]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote would not connect to an AD user with an email for Windows Account secret. [705840]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote would display an XML error instead of updated prompt. [666279]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote exhibited unintended behavior when the system language was set to Latvian. [709409]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote would crash after performing a file transfer in an RDP session. [709814]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3 failed to connect via proxy when using an SSH tunnel with Verify Privilege Vault Cloud. [729845]

  • Fixed an issue that caused Verify Privilege Vault Remote to malfunction after upgrading to version 2.8.3. [730077]

  • Fixed an issue where session recording failed for certain customers due to an outdated media processing library. [668260]

  • Fixed an issue where Verify Privilege Vault Remote could become stuck with lost focus and remain unusable until a force restart. [687033]